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Lifting their 'voice': how unions can arrest membership decline and stay relevant

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imageThe association representing AFL players is a good example of using a union model to give workers a voice.AAP/Dan Peled

Australia’s industrial relations system has been transformed since the late 1980s. The decline of compulsory arbitration and the onset of bargaining decentralisation have led to greater disparity of wages and working...

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